New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-11-29
SOME POLITICAL RESULTS.
CONSIDERED BY The HON. T. V. COOPER
THE CHAIRMAN OF TIE PENNSYLVANIA STATE RE-
PUBLICAN COMMITTEE TELLS HOW
TIE TEMPERANCE ISSUE WAS Sue
CESsFrIIY WET IN Ills STATE.

| TIE TEMPERANCE ISSUE WAS Sue
CEssFULLY MET IN HIS STATE
10 the EditOr Of me Trfbune
FIR Your editorial reference the similarity of the
ISSUES III the recent campaigns OF New Yor, and Penn
savanna under the caption OF Wanted. Courage in
dHcrs some suggestions which may lead good
| III the campaign of next year.
during the closing Wce; of the campaign OF 1855 IN
! pennsylvania, combination was made by the brewers
OF Allegheny County with The Democracy for combined
r"d against the Republican ticket hca 10y Cen
err" Beaver large sum OF money ralscl and tho
Singing societies or such Of them could DE induced TO
enter the movement, were marshliled - a new ard
potent element. The result surprise 10 the Rcpnb
Means ani reduction Of about 1000 in their majority
mus began the movement which this year eliminate
| ID TIE organization OF Personal Liberty Leagues
throughout the cities OF New York AMI Pennsylvania
discouraged by this local in Fcnnsy wanna ana
ahgercG by the passage of High License law, IN i'm
mehse fund was raised IN Philadelphia aud Pittshurg
and tie Democratic workers in all singing and social
clbs and societies employed to from these,
as theiI nucleus, the Personal Liberty Ieaues In Phil
aorlplia alone the Central tonvenon represented over
800 societies. and this fact lei exravagant claims as
to The number OF voters whose views reflected
Inc organization secret. but the brewers maltsers
and Wholesale dealers who created H. opened state head
quarters aud likewise established a state beadquarters
| Tor ITO Leagues Much the same plan adopted in
iiitsbnrg and great boasts made that would he
extended IL all the towns and cities ~ the state From
committees tile state Committee giving them friendly
! wink.
! This WORK was allowed to 20 for full month the
Republican state Committee. and the Republican city
committees rs we'll giving such careful investigation
the Facts that every charge could he proven Then It
WIS that tine Address issued.
leading f'cS were given and each and every challenge
a'''pt"L Tho Republican party thus publicly renewed
H. c1c TO east the second and Gnal legislative vote for
Submission 10 the people the prohibory amendment for
the maintenance of lpsh license AMI Just luis
ocdly pledged the maintenance OF the sunday laws
a--ailcd by the Personal Liberty Leagues.
The effect to group in a solid and an aggressive
mass OF cool citizens all believed that peope
Should not hc dcnici the right make their own laws
upon liquor upon other questions; AL who valued
higl license which. while general placed the higher
charges upon the Cities and which three and four
hits o. All the the city an county treas
uries. aud ~ wen all who believed in maintaining
American Sabbath
the grouping Of these three positions proved more
powerful Than the quarter OF million dollars supplied
the combination by IN" brewing and wholesale liquor
interests; powerful than the hundred. OF social
and singing societies supposed to he grouped with the
Democratic liquor combinations more powerful han all
OF the combined elements o disorder planted by the side
OF the Democracy
now TN BATTLE WAS rOUGHr
II was royal battle. fought out in the open day.
Indeed, the Republican address compelled publicity and
mac secret battle thereafter impossible. Every effort
continued secrecy WIS immediate ely exposed by the
Republican state Comm. and the leading daily Re;
publican journals. AMI every country paper brstlcd
with tA-e exposures In very desperation the combna
ton became and more public as the canvass all
vtncrl Bnt thre Republican journals held back and
questioned the action Of the state Committee and these.
III obedience to public sentiment. quietly :cl into line
When election day WIS reached all weiutorned people
knew ~ ' state ISSUES involved ami while the smaller
partisan Democrats cudravorcd 10 belttlc them.
Democratic lc dcr- deplorri the way IN which their
party bad been committed r, the elements OF disorder
For bear IN mind. the facts presented were almost ~
-'ronr 20, the principle. involved II shown that
the Personal Liberty Loigles were under the direction
of the ~ori,' and this arrarci against thea all Of the
G-ricitc, the besides Thousands Of other law
abiding citizens: the demand for the repeal ~ the sun
day compelled the opposition OF all branches of re
ll-ou- Germans C1thohc'. Lutheran Mennonite.
uuulinls. ctc-arl called foIth the protests % nearly
all ~ tie pulpt,. Tho fact that 30 Philadelphia and
Apcsh,uy The brewers ant Wholesale dealers. just as
tioy the great cities OF NcwNors. own nearly all u
the -Ioon. drinking places without accommodations
for AMI travellers and that their battle was
for tho -aiOOn I'm oupcuuJn with the hotel inn or
divided the liquor interests and induced all who
favored the High License bill partially framed 20 pro-
ec is class to support the Republican party. 30 true
was This that resolution before the Convention % the
state Tiluor Lcaguc inGor,ing high license few
ycxtl,l- features passing that the saloon
a
ton.
The battle AZ no time and place shape for
prohibition youd that of fair play which sus-
goats submission To vote OF the people any question
which law abiding and respectable number desire 10
vote up,n The battle wa almost distinctly Tor and
aglinst The sunday laws aud for AMI against hlgh
license. AMI the Republicans everywhere gave I'M
G ,ulgocll support 10 these measure. Many expected
defeat hu preferred cpwtricr where conservative
uca srrs such a. these l.-acl hy what hal really
become a privileged tyranny. In Allegheny shocked
the year before hy the ldrn raid OF the brewers some
of the lcalng politicians fnr time feared Ia face THO
issues az PR .-tcd by Republican STATE Committee
AMI really fOrce upon them by the Democratic liquor
combination but an eloquent IIeshyterim divine
sounded from his pulpit the slogan. great 'athn'c
priest followed the Catholic Temperance Union ana the
T. \. Il = not comnittrl to prohibition bat phphcy
to high Iccu>c passed resolutions denouuc
ins the combination some 0f the assem- ~ the
kui .hts of Labor followed. ami In open battle tho Re
puhucin,o OF Allegheny accepted the Issue and the cha
lenge were rewarded for their COURAGE by gam 81
| 200 pi.t where brewing AMI distcry interests are
strongest The Democratic liquor combination dli not
show a gain over their Gubcrnttortd mh!'ritie9 III
single German county except northampton. where
ctzcns' local movement by ~ sharp antagonSn drew
ont The fI Democratic for their state ticket TINS
was Ge your Nicoll Fellows movement sooi Tor 'o'"l
emtu aud division hut bad for Stae results l"e
combination with an OF the power OF money with the
entire saloon interests. with the Personal Liberty
Leagues ctlcd from thc Republican ranks III 'he ehi'o
tate not over 900 votes OF which 5000 were III ih"
lcpha and oOC in Ale ,hcny. These were more th'h
made up by 1000 out of 5000 ir"hi3u"nls's WHO
rctnrncl to tho Republican party ana ny 'oo' N'"'
cr,t. who Joined the Republican column Given more
time auI with the issues universally acNn""e".''
by all parties as obey bcan since the o'eioh' II"
more Irohibitioni.ts would have returned ana "'o'o
Democrats would have voted the EepuDHc'h u'A'r
As It was the Prohibition vote east Wa' about 'lu"S
divided hetv,,.n the Democrat, and EcpubranS there
was p-ob,bIy more Democrats than republicans. !"
$40 the ~ 900 Prnhibtionl,s compH-'i -'''o" '''
publicams and 5000 Democrats. All 81 te latter 'e'
inaiued and were Reinforced M nearly every pu''""
There had always been 1000 - 5000 'hlrn'P"v
many OF tucm local leaders disappointed
In some way or other OF course these men diu h"I
AZ the Note